Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-07-30
NEW-HAVEN ITEMS.

We had beautiful rain on the 10th
inst. also we had quite rain storm
to pass over this section Thursday the
2lst, accompanied by some hail and
vivid lightning. The wind did con-
siderable damage to the corn, blowing
it down; also fences and trees were
blown down. A new barn on Mr..
Frank Small's farm near here was
struck by lightning on the 10th inst.
and completely consumed with all its
contents consisting of 100 bushels OF
wheat. tons of hay, horse, dog,
cutting box, windmill and harness.
VIM. Hill (colored) wentinto the barn
to loosen the horse when it fell dead
and Mr.. Hill barely escaped himself
for the flames surrounded him almost
in second.
1t becomes our painful duty to note
the death of Mrs. James Thomas OF
Darkesville who after siege ofsuffer-
ing which she bore with great patience
and submission to Him who does all
things we'll, passed over the bridge
of life and entered the amaran-
thine bowers of eternal bliss. Mrs.
Thomas leaves a large family and a
large circle of friends and relatives to
mourn her loss. We extend our sim
cere coincidence to the bereaved fami-
ly in their sore affiiction and point
them to Him who never said "Seek
my face" in vain.
V. w. Dust, Esq, of TippicanOe,
Miami Co., Ohio, is in this vicinity
representing his nursery and doing
surprisingly we'll. He sold us bill
of trees and made us present ofsome
fine grape for simple fact that we did
not have dog to bark at him which
he so 81 breads"
mamma that her grandpa had gone
TO feed machine said, mamma,
does machine eat ?''
We received a copy of the Philadel-
phia Weekly Press for which we return
thanks. We read it and would say
that it is an interesting, instructive
and indispensable paper. The Mar
tinsburg HERALD and Philadelphia
Weekly Press can both be had for the
little sum of 50 per year. There is no
excuse for people to live in ignorance
when the aforesaid sum will pay for
such excellent papers as these are.
We are sorry to hear of the illness
of Miss Maggie Roche of Dam No. 5.
We hope she may soon be restored
to her usual health.
John Ramsburg, Esq, one day last
week on his way home from Charles
town, being caught in storm drove
undera tree for shelter when his horse
became frightened by lightning and
jumped the fence and fell into the
water and would have drowned had
it not been for the greatest effort of
Mr.. r. to loosen it from the harness.
Luckily Mr.. Ramsburg escaped with
out any injury other than good scar
ing up. July 25th. Nom DE PLUME.
At this writing it is very dry and
hot in this section. The thermometer
has been ranging from 80 to 9720 FIR. &
the barometer exceedingly low (which
is Indicative of fair weather) which
causes the farmers much uneasiness
lest the corn crop will be materially
injured.
Last week in our drive through JEFF
ferson we had the pleasure of seeing
many of our friends whom we had not
seen for some time all of whom SEEM
ed to have their full share of hard
work particularly our esteemed friend
"Templar" whom we paid short
call but sorry we did not see him OW-
ing to the press of business which call
ed him away that day.
Chas. Wilson, Esq, recently while
hauling hay fell from the loads top
and came near hurting himself SER
iously but luckily he received only a
bruises which keep him doing nothing
other than to skill flies"
Ellis Thompson, young man
working for James Stotlemyer, Esq,
was going home with his horse rake
Friday, 18th inst, when driving down
steep hill his holding back straps
came loose, the rake ran against his
horse causing it to become frightened
started down the hill rapidly, upset.
ing the rake and throwing Mr.. Thomp-
son over a bank which might have
been a serious affair but fortunately
escaped with nothing but few bruis-
es and a good shaking up. John
Johnson, ESQ.,, had also a run off re-
sulting in throwing him off his horse
but luckily not injuring him seriously
we are glad to learn.
VIM. Fulk, Jr., of The vicinity of
Shepherdstown, has the boss colt in
that county. He purposes taking it
to the HagerstOwn Fair to bring back
the ribbon as usual.
We understand that the cholera is
among the hogs of this section; Rich
ard Gano, Esq, having lost few
shooters.
Miss Anna Gregory is home after
spending some time in your city with
friends and relatives.
We look anxiously and eagerly for
The HERALD every Saturday. 1t has
become household word. We read
it and pass it to our friends who read
with as much interest as If their only
pleasure were derived from its per-
usual. But some take exceptions to
some articles which do not always
suit their whim and fancy. They
may be like the lady who told the re-
porter not to put her name in the pa
per for any thing but took care to hand
him her card so he would not mistake
in spelling her name. We endeavor
to give the news in general without
any personalities regardless of rank
or fame of all persons be they as rich
as Vanderbilt or poor as Jobs turkey.
The paper is not published exclusive
~ for the rich but as much for the
poor and those who do not desire to
read anything relative TO the good of
the poor can leave that blank and read
of their Vanderbilts, Jay Gould and
other money kings. The idea of a
persons name not being worthy of
space in a paper because he has not as
much of the corruptible pe!f as some
of his RICH so uncolled friends who
would like to tyranize over the poor
and distressed. Nom DE PLUME.
In Brief, And To The Point.